Members of the nonprofit, The Miraculous Love Children, launched a brand new video performing the Tom Morello-written track, “God Assist Us All.” The brand new track commemorates six months for the reason that U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan and the nation fell to the Taliban. The video options plenty of musicians along with Morello together with drummer Nandi Bushell, Julien Baker, Serj Tankian, Cass McCombs, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and Nils Lofgren.
Earlier than the U.S. withdrawal on August 15, 2021, The Miraculous Love Children was Afghanistan’s solely faculty of music the place ladies and younger ladies may take part and discover ways to play the guitar. Within the fast aftermath of the autumn, the nonprofit mentioned in a press release: “At present, our lives are in nice hazard because the success we achieved in changing into a part of a world cultural scene has now marked us for persecution.”
The video for “God Assist Us All” was one of many final movies the group’s founder and director Lanny Cordola was capable of shoot previous to the violence. “It has been a hellish previous six months making an attempt to evacuate and relocate the women and their households,” Cordola mentioned. “Tom Morello’s soul hymn completely encapsulates this sense.”
Cordola continued: “The convergence of all these abilities actually exhibits how music can unify artists from totally different idioms and cultures to lend their voices to the weak, marginalized struggling souls of the Earth. I additionally really feel this track reaches out to the inside ache that so many are feeling as of late. Tom has been a Godsend to the women and I on so many ranges.”
